Author: Maurice Druon

I hate the word unputdownable. I really do. But I'm going to use it, because that's exactly what The Iron King is: terribly difficult to put down once the cover is cracked. I shouldn't be surprised as the series comes highly recommended by none other than George R. R. Martin himself, and it's easy to see how Martin was inspired by this historical epic.

Humphrey Hare has done an excellent job of translating this French epic into English, and although I haven't read the originals, I can see that he has kept, as much as possible, to the tone and...